WEI-KUO CHEN. Academic Honors and Memberships Best Paper Gold Award of International Consortium of Chinese Mathematicians, 2017

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1 WEI-KUO CHEN School of Mathematics University of Minnesota 537 Vincent Hall 206 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN Homepage: wkchen/ PARTICULAR Education Ph.D. in Mathematics, September 2009-June 2012 University of California at Irvine (UC Irvine), USA Advisor: Dr. Michael Cranston Thesis: Chaos Problem in Mean Field Spin Glasses MS in Applied Mathematics, September 2004-June 2006 National Chiao-Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan Advisor: Dr. Yuan-Chung Sheu Thesis: Mixing Time for Burnside Processes BS in Mathematics, September 2000-June 2004 National Central University (NCU), Taiwan Employment Assistant Professor, September 2015 to present School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, USA L.E. Dickson Instructor, September 2012-August 2015 Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago, USA Research/Teaching Assistant, September 2009-June 2012 Department of Mathematics, University of California at Irvine, USA Research Assistant, April 2008-August 2009 Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Academic Honors and Memberships Best Paper Gold Award of International Consortium of Chinese Mathematicians, 2017 Kovalevsky Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award, UC Irvine, 2012 Phi Tau Phi Membership, The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society, 2003 Chow Hung-Ching Scholarship, Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan 2003 Book Prize, Department of Mathematics, NCU, 2001 & 2002 Grants and Fellowships PI, NSF DMS , Some problems on mean-field spin glasses Co-PI, Hong Kong Research Grants Council GRF , Asymptotic Theory of Mean field Spin Glass Models (with PI Qi-Man Shao, Professor, Department of Statistics, Chinese University of Hong Kong) AMS-Simons Travel Grant, Graduate Student Researcher Stipend, UC Irvine, Spring & Winter, 2010

2 RESEARCH Departmental Fellowship, UC Irvine, 2009, Fall 2010 & Fall 2011-Spring 2012 Research Interests Probability theory, Stochastic dynamics, Spin glasses and Random Matrices. Preprints Phase transition in the spiked random tensor with Rademacher prior. Preprint available at arxiv: (2017) (with D. Gamarnik, D. Panchenko, M. Rahman) Suboptimality of local algorithms for a class of max-cut problems. Preprint available at arxiv: (2017) (with A. Auffinger and Q. Zeng) The SK model is full-step replica symmetry breaking at zero temperature. Preprint available at arxiv: (2017) Publications (with A. Auffinger) On the energy landscape of spherical spin glasses. To appear in Adv. Math. Preprint available at arxiv: (with D. Panchenko) On the TAP free energy of the mixed p-spin models. To appear in Comm. Math. Phys. Preprint available at arxiv: (with D. Panchenko) Disorder chaos in some diluted spin glass models. To appear in Ann. App. Probab. Preprint available at arxiv: (with A. Auffinger) On concentration properties of disordered Hamiltonians. To appear in Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. Preprint available at arxiv: (with M. Handschy and G. Lerman) On the energy landscape of the mixed even p-spin model. To appear in Probab. Theory Related Fields. Preprint available at arxiv: (with A. Auffinger) Parisi formula for the ground state energy in the mixed p-spin model. Ann. Probab., Vol. 45, No. 6B, (2017) Variational representations for the Parisi functional and the two-dimensional Guerra-Talagrand bound. Ann. Probab., Vol. 45, No. 6A, (2017) (with A. Auffinger) A duality principle in spin glasses. Electron. J. Probab., Vol. 22, No. 61, 1-17 (2017) (with P. Dey and D. Panchenko) Fluctuations of the free energy in the mixed p-spin models with external field. Probab. Theory Related Fields, Vol 168, No. 1, (2017) (with A. Sen) Parisi formula, disorder chaos and fluctuation for the ground state energy in the spherical mixed p-spin models. Comm. Math. Phys., Vol. 350, No. 1, (2017) (with D. Panchenko) Temperature chaos in some spherical mixed p-spin models. J. Stat. Phys., Vol. 166, No. 5, (2017) (with D. Panchenko) Some examples of quenched self-averaging of models with Gaussian disorder. Ann. Inst. Henri Poincaré Probab. Stat., Vol. 53, No. 1, (2017) (with A. Auffinger) The Legendre structure of the Parisi formula. Comm. Math. Phys., Vol. 348, No. 3, (2016) (with A. Auffinger) Universality of chaos and ultrametricity in mixed p-spin models. Comm. Pure Appl. Math., Vol. 69, No. 11, (2016) Limit Theorems in the Imitative Monomer-Dimer Mean-Field Model via Steins Method. J. Math. Phys., Vol. 57, (2016) (with N. Dafnis and G. Paouris) Improved Hölder and reverse Hölder inequalities for Gaussian random vectors. Adv. Math., Vol. 280, (2015) (with H.-W. Hsieh, C.-R. Hwang, Yuan-Chung Sheu) Disorder chaos in the spherical mean-field model. J. Stat. Phys., Vol. 160, No. 2, (2015)

3 (with A. Auffinger) The Parisi formula has a unique minimizer. Comm. Math. Phys., Vol. 335, No. 3, (2015) Partial results on the convexity of the Parisi functional with PDE approach. Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., Vol. 143, (2015) (with A. Auffinger) On properties of Parisi measures. Probab. Theory Related Fields, Vol. 161, No. 3, (2015) (with A. Auffinger) Free energy and complexity of spherical bipartite models. J. Stat. Phys., Vol. 157, No. 1, (2014) Chaos in the mixed even-spin models. Comm. Math. Phys., Vol. 328, No. 3, (2014) On the Mixed even-spin Sherrington-Kirkpatrick Model with ferromagnetic interaction. Ann. Inst. Henri Poincaré Probab. Stat., Vol. 50, No. 1, (2014) The Aizenman-Sims-Starr scheme and Parisi formula for mixed p-spin spherical models. Electron. J. Probab., Vol. 18, No. 94, 1 14 (2013) (with D. Panchenko) An approach to chaos in some mixed p-spin models. Probab. Theory Related Fields, Vol. 157, No. 1, (2013) Disorder Chaos in the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick Model with external field. Ann. Probab., Vol. 41, No. 5, (2013) Central limit theorems for cavity and local fields of the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model. Electron. J. Probab., Vol. 18, No. 2, 1 25 (2013) (with T.-L. Chen, C.-R. Hwang, and H.-M. Pai) On the optimal transition matrix for MCMC sampling. SIAM J. Control Optim., Vol. 50, No. 5, (2012) Conference Proceedings On convergence of the magnetization and pure p-spin Hamiltonians at the ground state in spherical mixed p-spin models. To appear in the Proceedings of XVIII International Congress of Mathematical Physics TEACHING EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Spring 2018 MATH8652: Theory of Probability Spring 2017 MATH5651: Probability and Statistics (2 Sessions) Fall 2016 MATH1271: Calculus Spring 2016 MATH5652: Introduction to Stochastic Processes Fall 2015 MATH5652: Introduction to Stochastic Processes Instructor, University of Chicago Spring 2015 MATH16300: Honors Calculus III & MATH20500: Analysis in R n III Fall 2014 MATH16100: Honors Calculus I & MATH20300: Analysis in R n I Spring 2014 MATH16300: Honors Calculus III Winter 2014 MATH16200: Honors Calculus II Spring 2013 MATH16300: Honors Calculus III & MATH22000: Intro Math Methods For Physics Winter 2013 MATH16200: Honors Calculus II Fall 2012 MATH16100: Honors Calculus I Teaching Assistant, UC Irvine Winter 2012 MATH205C: Introduction to Graduate Analysis (Graduate level) Spring 2012 MATH205B: Introduction to Graduate Analysis (Graduate level) Fall 2011 MATH2J: Linear Algebra and Infinite Series Summer 2011 MATH2B: Calculus

4 Grader, UC Irvine Spring 2009 Winter 2009 Winter 2009 Fall 2009 MATH140B: Elementary Analysis & MATH140C: Analysis of Several Variables MATH140B: Elementary Analysis MATH120B: Introduction to Group Theory MATH140A: Elementary Analysis Teaching Assistant, NCTU Fall 2004-Spring 2006 Elementary Analysis ADVISING AND MENTORING University of Minnesota Ph.D. student: Madeline Handschy (current, co-supervision with professor Gilad Lerman) Independent study: Mark Richard (Fall 2017 and Spring 2018) Undergraduate senior project: Siyao Gu (Spring 2016) ACTITIVIES Invited Conferences, Workshops and Meetings (Tentative) Spin glasses and related topics, September 30- October Banff, Canada (Tentative) Scaling Limits in Models of Statistical Mechanics, September, Oberwolfach, Germany (Tentative) Asymptotic Theory in Probability and Statistical Physics, July th AIMS conference, Taipei, Taiwan (Tentative) 2018 Southeastern Probability Conference, May, Duke University, USA (Tentative) 2018 Spring Probability Workshop, June, Academia Sinica, Taiwan 39th Midwest Probability Colloquium, October, Northwestern University, USA Challenges at the interface of optimization and stochastic processes, July, CRM, Montreal, Canada Special Session on Probability and Applications, April, AMS Sectional Meeting, Indiana University in Bloomington, USA Special Session on Spin Glasses and Disordered Media, January, AMS Joint Meeting, Atlanta, USA Phase transitions in discrete structures, July Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany The 9th World Congress of Probability and Statistics, July Field Institute, Canada The 4th IMS Asia Pacific Rim Meeting, June The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Workshop on Percolation, Spin Glasses and Random Media, May Northwestern University, USA Special Session on Discrete Probability, April AMS Sectional Meeting, North Dakota State University, USA Probability and Statistical Mechanics, December Winter Meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Probability Theory, October AMS Fall Central Sectional Meeting, Loyola University Chicago, USA

5 XVIII International Congress on Mathematical Physics, July 27-August Santiago, Chile IMS-China International Conference on Statistics and Probability, July Yunnan University in Kunming, China Stochastic Processes and Related Topics, March AMS Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA Spin Glasses, Random Graphs and Percolation, February Institute of Henri Poincaré, France Spin Glasses and Related Topics, July Banff International Research Station, Canada 10th Cornell Probability Summer School, July Department of Mathematics, Cornell University, USA Workshop on Disordered Systems, June CIRM, Marseille, France Invited Seminars and Colloquiums Probability Seminar, Oct Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Canada Probability Seminar, Nov Department of Mathematical Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Probability Seminar, May Department of Statistics, Stanford University, USA Probability Seminar, Mar Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, USA Analysis and Probability Seminar, March 30-April Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, USA Probability Seminar, March Department of Mathematics, CUNY, USA Probability and Statistics Seminar, July Department of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Probability and Random Matrix Seminar, April CMSA, Harvard University, USA Quantifying Uncertainty, Probability Entropy and Disorder, March Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, USA Probability Seminar, February Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, UIC at Chicago, USA Recruitment Talk, December Department of Mathematics, Ohio State University, USA Recruitment Talk, December Department of Mathematical Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Probability Seminar, December Department of Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Probability Seminar, November Department of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, USA Probability and Related Fields Seminar, September Department of Mathematics, University of Indiana, USA Probability Seminar, July Institute of Mathematics, Academic Sinica, Taiwan Probability Seminar, July Department of Applied Mathematics, NCTU, Taiwan

6 Probability Seminar, February 2014 Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago, USA Colloquium, November Department of Mathematics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA Probability Seminar, October Department of Mathematics, Ecole Normale Supérieure of Lyon, France Probability Seminar, October Department of Mathematics, ETH, Switzerland Probability Seminar, November Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Probability Seminar, October Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago, USA Probability Seminar, January Department of Mathematics, UC San Diego, USA Probability Seminar, January School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, USA Mathematical Physics Seminar, November Department of Mathematics, UC Irvine, USA Academic Visits Department of Statistics, Chinese University of Hong Kong July & June 21-July Sponsor: Professor Qi-Man Shao SERVICES Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M, December Sponsor: Professor Grigoris Paouris Institut für Mathematik, Universität Zürich, October 14-November Sponsor: Professor Erwin Bolthausen Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M, August Sponsor: Professor Dmitry Panchenko Weekly Seminars Probability Seminar, University of Minnesota, Probability and Statistical Physics Seminar, University of Chicago, Organizations Asymptotic Theory in Probability and Statistical Physics, 12th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications, Taiwan, July, 5-9, 2018 Committees NSF Panel Spin glasses and related topics, BIRS, Canada, September 30-October 05, 2018 Scientific Committee of the 38th Midwest Probability Colloquium

7 Refereed Journal Articles Annals of Probability Reviewed Articles Mathscinet Annales de línstitut Henri Poincaré Communications in Mathematical Physics Electronic Journal of Probability Electronic Communications in Probability Journal of Statistical Physics Journal of Theoretical Probability Probability Theory and Related Fields Proceedings of the Royal Society A Proceedings of the AMS The European Physical Journal B